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VC137   Sir James Hills-Johnes

BORN   20 August 1833

DIED   3 January 1919  AGE   85

VC Won  9 July 1857  AGE   23

Place VC Won  Siege of Delhi

War/Campaign  The Indian Mutiny

Name   Sir James Hills-Johnes   No.      

VC Issue No.   137   Awards   VC   GCB

Regiment   Bengal Horse Artillery

Later   Royal Artillery

Now   

Rank VC Won   Subaltern

Rank End Of Career  Lieutenant-General

Place Of Birth   Neechindipur, Bengal, India

Place Of Death   At his home, Dolaucothy, Dyfed, Wales

Buried/Location Ashes  Parish Church of St Cynwyl Churchyard, Church Street, Caio, Dyfed, Wales

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone  Vault    Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   24 April 1858

VC Presented   1859, Commander in Chief India, Lord Clyde

Memorials

P  Vault, Parish Church of St Cynwyl Churchyard, Church Street, Caio, Dyfed, Wales

P  Plaque in Parish Church of St Cynwyl Churchyard, Church Street, Caio, Dyfed, Wales

P  Named on lych gate at the Parish Church of St Cynwyl, Caio, Dyfed, Wales

P  Named on Memorial Board, Old College, Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey

P  Named on Royal Artillery Victoria Cross Memorial at St George's Garrison Church, Woolwich, London

Portrait at Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

By The Way…

Brother-in-law of (128) William George Cubitt VC

Great-uncle of Lewis Pugh Evans VC

Originally James Hills

Legend has it that he was murdered by his butler who was refused a public house license, Hills-Johnes being the JP who turned him down

VC Held By

Royal Artillery Regiment Museum, Old Royal Military Academy, Red Lion Lane, Woolwich, London, England

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At the Siege of Delhi, on 9th July 1857, he gallantly charged an enemy column that was attacking his position. He was brought down by sword wielding Sepoys and rescued by 136 Tombs

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